# K141969: Firststic N Introducer

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Argon Medical Devices, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 19, 2014 after 151 days
- Product code: DYB (Introducer, Catheter)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1340
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K020834 (2002). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K020834: BD Introsyte Precision Introducer; BD Introsyte-N Precision Introducer; BD Introsyte Autoguard Shielded Introducer; BD I, Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems, Inc. (2002) Summary page 4.
- K093026: Footprint Medical 1.9 FR Picc Introducer, Footprint Medical (2010) Summary page 4.

## Indications for use
The catheter introducer is a sheath used to facilitate placing a catheter through the skin into a vein or artery.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K141969
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology